Moana was a hit movie released in 2016. It was produced in over 40 languages and shown in theaters around the world. Moana is unusual because it was the first Walt Disney Studios film ever to be re-recorded in the native language of Hawaii. Now, the Hawaiian version is being provided to schools across the state in an effort to get students interested in the language. English and Hawaiian are the two official languages of Hawaii. But for many years, Hawaiian has been in danger of disappearing. The Hawaiian Islands were made by volcanoes. They lie in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about 4,000 kilometers from the United States mainland. Hawaii’s native population came from Polynesia, a collection of hundreds of islands in the North and South Pacific.
Title: ‘Moana’ Hawaiian Version Seeks to Save Endangered Language
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3004/52f1b04a-fc9a-4f32-a6ed-30e0e11b0586_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Moana Hawaiian Version Seeks to Save Endangered Language' data-article-id='3548'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5542'>Moana was a hit movie released in 2016.</span> <span data-start-time='5542' data-end-time='13875'>It was produced in over 40 languages and shown in theaters around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='13875' data-end-time='28521'>Moana is unusual because it was the first Walt Disney Studios film ever to be re-recorded in the native language of Hawaii.</span> <span data-start-time='28521' data-end-time='41792'>Now, the Hawaiian version is being provided to schools across the state in an effort to get students interested in the language.</span> <span data-start-time='41792' data-end-time='49833'>English and Hawaiian are the two official languages of Hawaii.</span> <span data-start-time='49833' data-end-time='56646'>But for many years, Hawaiian has been in danger of disappearing.</span> <span data-start-time='56646' data-end-time='62146'>The Hawaiian Islands were made by volcanoes.</span> <span data-start-time='62146' data-end-time='72354'>They lie in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about 4,000 kilometers from the United States mainland.</span> <span data-start-time='72354' data-end-time='85167'>Hawaii’s native population came from Polynesia, a collection of hundreds of islands in the North and South Pacific.</span> </p></div><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3004/the_hawaiian_islands_were_made_by__blank_.wav'>The Hawaiian Islands were made by <span class='blank'>volcanoes</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='volcanoes'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3004/humans.wav'><span>humans</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3004/volcanoes.wav'><span>volcanoes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3004/floods.wav'><span>floods</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3004/wildifred.wav'><span>wildifred</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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